Meanings
verboverrestore (third-person singular simple present overrestores, present participle overrestoring, simple past and past participle overrestored)
present singular third person overrestores · participle present overrestoring · participle past overrestored · past overrestored
- transitiveTo impair (an old artwork, building, etc.) by restoring it too enthusiastically.
“We didn’t want to overrestore it,” Mr. Allen said.
2008 June 14, David W. Dunlap, “A Father’s Tribute to Three Dead Daughters Is Restored”, in New York Times
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APA
overrestore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrestore
MLA
“overrestore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrestore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overrestore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrestore.
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